skip20
The (un)official PC Showdown Special Comments Guy
Still working my way of scanning in a backlog of stuff... The old school stuff really caught my eye and you don;t see too many old, old school maildays so I thought I'd whip one together.... Nothing huge here
Dan Issel Luxe GU - An absolute ABA gun, NBA tams must have knwn he wasn;t crossing voer any time soon as he was drafted in the 8th round and 122nd overall....
Jack Sikma - Majestic Marks auto - 7 straight all-star selections and finished in the top 11 three times for the MVP award during his career. Very godo chance he's HOF bound...
Campy Russell auto - Was a do it all player for the Cavs in the early days, all-star, big part of the Miracle of Richfield and has one of the coolest nicknames ever - "Mr Moves"!
Marques Johnson CK auto - MJ before there was MJ, 5 x All-Star and 3x All - NBA selections... Sweet looking on card CK auto!
Mychal Thompson Majestic Marks auto - Father of Klay, actually played his best ball in Portland before heading over to those fabled Laker squads.
Jamaal 'Silk' Wilkes - High scoring Lakers 2 guard before being bumped t the bench another legendary Laker, Byron Scott.
Cedric 'Cornbread' Maxwell - This guy wore his heart on his sleeve, a good player but never made any all NBA or all-star teams, howevr, he did take home the 1981 FInals MVP award for the Celtics with teammates like Bird, McHale, Parish & Tiny Archibald- clutch!
Jo Jo White - Anoher legendary Celtic Finals MVP from 1976, 2 titles and 7 x all star appearances - HOFer! Iconic auto product - alays on card beauties froma product more renowned for its memorabilia....
Elvin Hayes UD Black atuo inscription /10 - Absolute reboudning royalty, captured that unexpectd title for the Bullets in 1978 with Wes Unseld. A dozen allstar appaearnaces and half as many all NBA selections. Interestgn that he went with his college achievments as an inscriptiopn although somewhat appropriate given the college uni pic. FYI he averaged 37ppg and 19ppg in his final college year!
...and finally finishing off with the grand daddy of all basketball cards - the 1948 Bowmans! Slowly building up my collection including the harder to get higher numbered cards.and definitely going for the whole set, but might take a while to land that Mikan RC!
#54 John (Bud) Palmer)
#64 Tommy Byrnes
#67 Leo Mogus - this guy played pro ball back in the 30s when they used to play in cages! A legit 'cager'!
#70 Walk Budko
Well that's all for now folks, as always thanks for looking and having a read. History class is adjourned!
Professor Skip
Dan Issel Luxe GU - An absolute ABA gun, NBA tams must have knwn he wasn;t crossing voer any time soon as he was drafted in the 8th round and 122nd overall....
Jack Sikma - Majestic Marks auto - 7 straight all-star selections and finished in the top 11 three times for the MVP award during his career. Very godo chance he's HOF bound...
Campy Russell auto - Was a do it all player for the Cavs in the early days, all-star, big part of the Miracle of Richfield and has one of the coolest nicknames ever - "Mr Moves"!
Marques Johnson CK auto - MJ before there was MJ, 5 x All-Star and 3x All - NBA selections... Sweet looking on card CK auto!
Mychal Thompson Majestic Marks auto - Father of Klay, actually played his best ball in Portland before heading over to those fabled Laker squads.
Jamaal 'Silk' Wilkes - High scoring Lakers 2 guard before being bumped t the bench another legendary Laker, Byron Scott.
Cedric 'Cornbread' Maxwell - This guy wore his heart on his sleeve, a good player but never made any all NBA or all-star teams, howevr, he did take home the 1981 FInals MVP award for the Celtics with teammates like Bird, McHale, Parish & Tiny Archibald- clutch!
Jo Jo White - Anoher legendary Celtic Finals MVP from 1976, 2 titles and 7 x all star appearances - HOFer! Iconic auto product - alays on card beauties froma product more renowned for its memorabilia....
Elvin Hayes UD Black atuo inscription /10 - Absolute reboudning royalty, captured that unexpectd title for the Bullets in 1978 with Wes Unseld. A dozen allstar appaearnaces and half as many all NBA selections. Interestgn that he went with his college achievments as an inscriptiopn although somewhat appropriate given the college uni pic. FYI he averaged 37ppg and 19ppg in his final college year!
...and finally finishing off with the grand daddy of all basketball cards - the 1948 Bowmans! Slowly building up my collection including the harder to get higher numbered cards.and definitely going for the whole set, but might take a while to land that Mikan RC!
#54 John (Bud) Palmer)
#64 Tommy Byrnes
#67 Leo Mogus - this guy played pro ball back in the 30s when they used to play in cages! A legit 'cager'!
#70 Walk Budko
Well that's all for now folks, as always thanks for looking and having a read. History class is adjourned!
Professor Skip
